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The changing role of satan [lowercase]
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Well, not exactly. See Is Satan the ruler of this world? and follow up there.
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You mentioned job title… yes.
There’s a lot to this. The serpent didn’t just happen to be at that tree- it was its assignment to be there. It was supposed to test, (as a guardian over their actions), but went with temptation, disobeying God’s directive for it. But, even though it betrayed its purpose, it still had a duty to report to God with a ‘status report.’
He was in charge of teaching, to humans, God’s knowledge, but dispensed it before the humans were given the spirit of God, which would have enabled them to have control over how they used it.
The adversary, since then, was given the task of receiving the sins of the people, (scapegoat in the wilderness).
The more ancient texts speak of a ‘man’ who is in the wilderness to receive the goat on which the priest used to place the peoples’ sins.
When refining silver, the dross must be exposed, gathered, and discarded. Cleansing us of sin by putting it on the adversary is how God disposes of the dross that resulted from establishing life on a lifeless planet.
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